DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves for the United States on Saturday morning to attend the 65th UN General Assembly of world leaders, who will make their deliberations on the universal good of humanity in the fast-changing milieu.A special flight of Bangladesh Biman, carrying the

DHAKA: The government has to enforce the existing law in eliminating child marriage apart from ensuring contraceptive security through universal access to reproductive health if to achieve the UN-designated millennium development goals (MDGs), says a research report.In the report the

DHAKA: The boycotting main opposition BNP conditionally offered their readiness to join the sixth session of Parliament, tagging some new conditions onto their existing package of demands.  Opposition Chief Whip Zainul Abdin Farruk announced the latest position of the party at a press

DHAKA: Gopalganj, wherein lies Bangladesh’s founding father in eternal rest, will be connected with the railway network by constructing and reconstructing 135 kilometers of railroad.   Official sources said the government authorities have worked out a scheme for the Dhaka-Gopalganj

JESSORE: A police constable was killed as a bus crashed into his motorcycle at Monirampur bazar Friday morning.The deceased was identified as Mustafizur Rahman, 43, a constable of Detective Branch of Police. He hailed from Lohagara in Narail district.Jessore Kotwali Model Thana OC Moazzem

TANGAIL : Four people were killed as a cement-laden truck fell into a roadside ditch at Dhala Tengor in Kalihati upazila Friday morning. Police said the northern region-bound truck from Dhaka tumbled into the ditch as its driver lost his control over steering after one of its tyres

CHITTAGONG: A youth was killed when a bus hit him at Chandgaon in port city on Friday morning.The deceased identified as Abu Syed Kala Mian, 20, son of Late Munshi Mian of Soadagarbari area, was an employee of a furniture shop, said Chittagong Medical College Hospital police.Victim’s

BRAHMANBARIA: The national power grid will get 22 million cubic feet of gas in fresh intake from Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Ltd to feed a growing demand for the fuel. Meanwhile, 10 million cft has been added to the national grid from different fields, said officials.Unwilling to be

MYMENSINGH: The International Crimes Tribunal prosecution Thursday claimed enough evidences were found to prove “crimes against humanity” committed in Sherpur and Mymensingh during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.“We have got strong evidences of mass killings, rape and looting

DHAKA: Foreign Minister Dipu Moni Thursday called upon all concerned not to go abroad illegally, as unauthorized immigration created crisis on occasion.Replying to a question on the return of Bangladeshi immigrants from Spain, she said those whose immigration process has started legally

DHAKA: The flood situation in the country deteriorated in last 24 hours with new areas of Madaripur, Faridpur and Rajbari getting flooded, as the major rivers remained in spate. Food and drinking water were found in short supply in the affected areas, reports from the areas said.  On the

DHAKA: State Minister for Environment and Forests Dr Hasan Mahmud urged people to be careful about causing hole into the ozone layer that prevents radiation of harmful ultra-violate ray from the sun into the earth, as calamitous climate change is a big concern for humanity. “We should

DHAKA: Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain Thursday said the government is planning to build a separate rail-bridge for reducing pressure on the Bangabandhu Bridge, which recently developed cracks. Another bridge over the Jamuna would be built at Fuljhuri-Bahadurabad ghat point, he

DHAKA: Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed claimed the government is progressing in its move to bring back the condemned fugitives from the Bangabandhu murder case to execute the court verdict.  “The court verdict will be executed within the tenure of the present government,” he

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would clear Bangladesh’s position as an anti-terrorism and anti-militancy country at the 65th general assembly of the United Nations, the Foreign Ministry announced ahead of the PM’s trip to the UN headquarters.Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni Thursday

SYLHET: Chief Justice Mohammad Fazlul Karim Thursday asked judges and lawyers to be workaholic to get over the logjam of cases.“You should work together to discard complexity of the cases,” said the justice at a reception organized by Sylhet District Bar Association.“Everyone needs

DHAKA: A community policeman in Sutrapur thana area of Old Dhaka in the capital was killed.Police recovered the body in city’s Sutrapur colony early Thursday.The dead was identified as Abdul Barek, 45, a resident of the colony and hailed from Baufal upazila of Patuakhali.Sutrapur thana

DHAKA: Ruling-party lawmaker Nurunnabi Chowdhury Shaon, quizzed over the murder of his party colleague Ibrahim Ahmed, said he had left his licensed pistol in his car “by mistake”.Shaon, however, denied his involvement in Ibrahim killing during the interrogation on Wednesday night,

DHAKA: Linguists and academics at a colloquium Thursday suggested close ties among the Bengali language researchers working worldwide for the development of the language as well as Bengali grammar.They made the observation at a colloquium on New Bengali Grammar at the Modern Language

MYMENSINGH: A roving investigation team of the International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday morning started their spot probe into the crimes committed in Mymensingh during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.Meanwhile, the investigators talked to local people during their spot visit, part of